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Here comes a lot…

Published on May 4, 2008 in Hobbies, Media and Survey. 4 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , , .

I have a lot to catch up on, so let’s dive right into it.

First off: TONSILLOLITHS. I think I have this. It’s where these white chunks that smell icky appear in the back of your throat sometimes. It’s merely irksome though – to fix it I’d have to get a tonsillectomy… and I don’t think I have the time/money for it. *shrug*

Next up: “Depth Solitude”. My last formal class for Film was a week ago this past Friday, and we watched this short film. Give it a watch and tell me what you think (I’m interested); I was lucky enough to find it on YouTube:

Next up: awesome commercial I saw.

I wasn’t going to talk about it until I embed it and you supposedly watched it, because otherwise it kills the surprise and the humor. :P But man, what an idea for creating needless suspense. XD I love it.

After that I have: Smashing Pumpkins “1979″. I just recently rediscovered this song – I really like it. I went and bought it off iTunes. It’s pretty magnificent… give it a listen sometime. Along the lines of music, I laughed well and hard at the beginning of R. Kelly’s “Bump N Grind” after I found out what it is. XD

Another thing: IKEA. Hopefully everyone knows my love for IKEA; after all, they are pretty effin’ amazing. I plan to furnish as much of my dorm room at Phi Kap with them next semester as I can. :P But I saw this commercial on YouTube and I couldn’t help but laugh:

Jeez, I’ve embeded a lot. Finally, I went to Atlanta today to see Seph and her boyfriend Matt (who is pretty cool, though we didn’t really have too much of a proper conversation). We went to the aquarium and then Little Five Points (pictures of which can be found here). It was a bit of a fiasco organizing it last second, but fun nevertheless. I don’t have much to say about it, though – I had fun and it was good seeing people again, but somehow it made me miss Tricia, who broke the news to me today she might not be finishing in the Fall after all. =/

And, at last, I have more survey for you all:

HOW YOU THINK
(63) What’s on your mind more than anything else?: Trish. YEAH SAPPY I KNOW. <3
(64) Mind over heart, or heart over mind?: …That’s tough. I’m gonna go with neither/both, as it takes a delicate balance between the two to thrive.
(65) Do you go on instinct?: Sometimes. Like when I’m hungry. Otherwise I go on societal standards.
(66) Emotion you believe should be repressed?: Lust.
(67) Worst method of dieing?: Anything slow, drawn out, and excruciatingly painful.
(68) Would you die for a worthless bum?: Nope, because he’s worthless. If he weren’t worthless, then I dunno. Depends on the circumstance. But, c’mon, worthless? I wouldn’t waste my life for worthlessness.
(69) Would you die for your enemy (or if you don’t have one, your most dislike/hated person)?: Probably not.
(70) Would you want any tattoos/body piercings?: I don’t know if I can handle big needles. :X
(71) Which century do you prefer to be sent back to?: This one? I’d like to see ancient Rome for a day, maybe.
(72) Preferred supernatural power?: Mind reading/telekinesis. :3 And teleportation.
(73) Describe a magical item you want: I always thought Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak would be cool to have. :3
(74) Would a million dollars convince you to drop school? What about three? If not, how much?: A million dollars gets you nowhere nowadays. If my salary were $100K, a million is only 10 years of pay – I need more to live longer. @_@ Maybe 10 or 15 million dollars would be sufficient bargaining to make me quit school.
(75) Biggest regret?: That one night.
(76) Last regret?: I can’t think of any. @_@
(77) Last mean thought?: Last night I think I just wanted a few people to go away. XD
(78) Wish you were more…: Fit? And funny – I like amusing others.
(79) Wish you were less…: Cynical, probably.
(80) Wish everyone were more…: Aware of their surroundings and their actions.
(81) What do you want to do over?: My CS2261 final project could’ve been better if I put more effort into it.
(82) Person you hate/dislike the most?: But I don’t…!
(83) Too late to…: What?
(84) Describe the perfect weather: Sunny, warm, but with a cool light breeze… maybe 1 or 2 fluffy clouds. :3
(85) (^^”) You wish Fish was more…: The original question here was “you wish Dalena was more…” and, of course, I got it from her. I’ll answer to her, too, but the rest of you are stuck answering to me. XD I wish Dalena was closer, though. :P
(86) Love it when a girl…: Snuggles. XD Or laughs. :3
(87) Love it when a guy…: Just laughs for this one. I love laughter. :)
(88) Fondest memory?: Anything from Seaside or Eugene. <3
(89) Most haunting memory?: Get back to me on this one if you’re terribly curious.
(90)The age old question; Loved and lost, or never have loved?: Definitely the first.
(91) Believe in ghosts/spirits?: That’s a toughie. I think so… It just seems ludicrous not to have them.
(92) Believe in extraterrestrial beings?: But of course. Again, ludicrous not to have them. The universe is just so big!
(93) Believe in fate?: Nah.
(94) Believe in luck?: …Whaddya mean? Luck is indisputable. @_@
(95) What do you consider your one biggest belief?: Everyone has some good in them.
(96) Most despised religion out there?: Scientology. Blegh. After that it’s pretty much anyone who is way too fucking devote.
(97) Name some things you would rather not touch?: Another penis than my own. XD And poop. x_x
(98) Think of a person you haven’t for a long time. Who’s that person?: Mikel Wein. I wonder how he’s doing.
(99) Whose scent do you like most?: Tricia’s. Duh. XD
(100) Which nonhuman scent do you favor most?: Hm. The ocean… by far. :)
(101) What everyday task do you dislike?: Hygiene, mostly. It’s a lot of effort to merely maintain.
(102) Do you want a particular person to fall madly in love with you? (No, you don’t have to say who): No?
(103) Fill in the blanks; You love __ __ __ but you __ __ more despite the fact that ____________. I love to eat badly but I hate it more despite the fact that it tastes so goooood.
(104) Someone close to you asks for you to drive a dagger through them, would you do it?: Ask them why?
(105) What do you want to experience?: Whatever life throws at me. And a threesome. XD Kidding.
(106) Which country do you want to visit most? The UK, really. I just wanna see it.
(107) You would never…: give you up, let you down, run around and desert you.
(108) What comforts you most?: the comfort of those close to me.
(109) Agree with survival for the fittest?: Hell yes.

a comedy of errors

Published on April 25, 2008 in Media. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , .

….Found out that a ‘group’ of errors is actually called a ‘comedy’. I honestly didn’t know this! :P

So I should be writing a paper for my Media Studies course, but I’m taking a short break to write away on here. Oddly enough the paper is about the free societal nature of the Internet and WWW… so I’m essentially taking a break from writing about the Internet to use it. Consider this a “field study”. :P

So I stumbled across a short experimental film on YouTube that we watched in my Film course yesterday, entitled “tellinglies”. The film focuses on what people say versus what they mean, and the result is a bit startling. It’s also a bit crude, so bear with me.

Thank goodness I’m in a dedicated relationship as opposed to that poor chap. Sounds like his life is spiraling downhill fast.

Speaking of films, though, yesterday we started to watch a movie called “Why We Fight” in Media Studies. It’s an interesting insight on why we entered Iraq and why we haven’t left yet. I can’t say much more because we only saw maybe the first half of the movie… but another movie I can comment on more fully is the one we just finished watching in Health: “Super Size Me”.

This movie, despite pointing out the obvious, was rather terrifying. @_@ The man almost destroying his body permanently over the course of eating McDonald’s for a month straight, and the facts that were thrown around about American eating habits were just as frightening. The perspectives on what is okay vs. what is not okay to eat based on filmed candid interviews was just disappointing. One schoolgirl in the movie even claimed that french fries were her “vegetable” in her school lunch “meal” (I place meal in quotations as the only items she was purchasing in the lunch line were the french fries and a carton of milk). Another scene featured a man preparing for a partial gastrectomy and commenting to the camera and Morgan Spurlock that “this is the only thing that can save him”. Sitting next to his hospital bed was a 64oz “GIANT GULP” of Diet Soda, which he claims he drinks “2 or 3″ of a day. That’s several GALLONS of syrup and carbonation – he could have easily prevented all this! And a partial gastrectomy isn’t going to change a bad habit like that – it’s only going to make things worse… I felt bad for him.

Onto happier subjects, I came across a rather amusing video online on YouTube (again, I know), entitled “If Pigs Could Fly…”, claiming it to be a freak betrayal accident in Halo 3. Watch the video to get what I mean – it’s pretty damn amusing:

It’s almost as if the game atmosphere has a twisted sense of consciousness. I’ve noticed accidents in games like this before, especially in Halo 2 or 3 and in GTA series games. As random and slightly disruptive as they are, they’re certainly amusing enough to keep around. XD

Finally, a great picture I got in an email earlier (say it outloud if you don’t get it right away):

That’s all I have for now (expect more survey questions later!), aside from an amusing quote to round this entry off:

“What can be more palpably absurd than the prospect held out of locomotives traveling twice as fast as stagecoaches?” – The Quarterly Review, 1825